Sentences with phrase «passed up the food chain»

Clearly when a local party is aware of allegations of that gravity, of that seriousness, and choose not to pass it up the food chain, something has gone wrong.

I do recommend feeding organic meats to your pets whenever possible, because the pesticide residues are not going to be passed up the food chain.

As larger animals eat these organisms, algal toxins get passed up the food chain.

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It not only causes obvious physical harm to those creatures, but also passes the chemicals from the plastic up the food chain.

Any plant species feeding on their resultant fertilizes may also pick - up their sub-human traits and passed them on in the food chain.

Until now, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury and Agriculture minister Joe Ludwig had been overseeing the negotiations between Coles, Woolworths and the Australian Food and Grocery Council, but that role has been passed up the chain to the Prime Minister's office.

Bioaccumulation, as the process is known, would pass the rodenticide up the food chain, where concentrations increase.

Mercury drops from the atmosphere can be converted to toxic forms such as methylmercury, which gets passed up the aquatic food chain to fish such as this brown trout.

Not only are we (as a society) eating 67 % of our total calories from corn, soy, and wheat... but because of the economics involved (specifically with cheap corn and soy) we are also feeding most of our farm animals corn and soy now too... again amplifying the amount of corn and soy that passes through the food chain and (from a biochemical standpoint) ends up in our bodies.

Food can still pass to and fro systemic circulation in the large intestine, so select nutrients (such as minerals, water, and some short chain fatty acids) that pass the main absorption centers can still be taken up by the body.

I can't believe it was a smart move not to pass Carlin's report up the food chain and trust that one's superiors would correctly judge its value.